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The first step to applying for a job isn’t necessarily the
cover letter or the resume, or even looking for jobs …It’s figuring out what it
is that you would like to do! This can
be tricky and really hard to do on your own.
Luckily, there are many websites dedicated to helping narrow your career
interests and find a good fit for you.
Many of our Ticket Holders have never been employed and
others have not been able to work for a while. At ERS, we use the O*Net Interest Profiler to
help Ticket Holders find jobs they would like to do. We want to help you find a
job that makes you excited to go to work.
There
are other, less involved ways to figure out what you like doing, like this list
from CareerBuilder.com. Career Builder’s
list is based on personality types.
While the list doesn't explain the education requirements for a
particular career, it does give you a brief description of each personality
category and lists the average salary.
Our career coaches prefer using the O*Net profiler, because
it lists your interests and what they
mean. Each interest is then broken down
into categories like education and training, so you can see what you need in
order to obtain that type of work.
These two examples are not supposed to be the end-all-be-all
of your job search, because if you find something that you are really
interested in, and you meet the qualifications of it, why not apply for the
job? You never know what might
happen.
As always, your Career Coaches are here to help you every
step of the way. Give us a call today!
1 comments:
As this post (http://career-advice.monster.com/job-search/career-assessment/finding-and-creating-the-work-you-love-hot-jobs/article.aspx) points out, you have to envision yourself doing the work as well as doing to legwork to get there. Hope this one helps too!
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